Professor Iwa Salami

Prof Iwa Salami is a Professor of Law at the Royal Docks School of Business and Law. She is the Director of the Centre of FinTech; the Programme Leader for the LLM in FinTech Law and the Postgraduate Research Degrees in Law. She was a member of the Governing Council of the British Institute in Eastern Africa (BIEA) between 2016 and 2022. In 2023, she was appointed by the Bank of England and H M Treasury as a member of the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Academic Advisory Group.

Before joining UEL, she was a research fellow at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary, University of London where she lectured and then served as an external examiner on the Banking and Finance Law programmes. She has previously worked in the UK and abroad, including at the Government Legal Service and the African Development Bank.

Prof Salami has published extensively in the field of financial regulation in emerging economies and financial technology (FinTech) regulation. Her publications include numerous articles in internationally refereed journals and two books: Financial Regulation in Africa: An Assessment of Financial Integration Arrangements in African Emerging and Frontier Markets (Ashgate, 2012) and  Financial Technology Law and Regulation in Africa (Routledge 2024).

Iwa holds an LLB from the University of Westminster, an LLM from King's College, University of London and a PhD from Queen Mary, University of London.